Pants versus Shorts

August 19, 2003

Which do you prefer while geocaching? I don't want to get my legs scratched, but at the same time I don't want to get too warm. What am I to do?

3.8k · August 19, 2003

Real men cache in shorts...even in the winter!

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**(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")**

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1.1k · August 19, 2003

Don't they have those pants that you can remove/unzip the legs and turn them into shorts?! Then you will be all prepared and easily change them from shorts to pants to shorts as needed, without getting undressed.

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3.1k · August 19, 2003

You could use stilts...

I prefer pants. I used to wear a light pair of cargo pants, but they got all ripped so I'm stuck with jeans for the time being. Many avid hikers are laughing at me right now, but almost no caches in my area require more than a mile hike, and few are even that far. So heavy, hot jeans are alright.

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August 19, 2003

depends on the terrain (park or wilderness), the season, and the bugs. here in n.c. in august shorts are much more comfortable but the skeeters will carry you off in a lot of the swamps and woods. good luck. -harry

August 19, 2003

Don't shorts, wool socks and hiking boots look kind of silly together? Great, now I'm going to have to buy new shoes and socks.

5.3k · August 19, 2003

I have a pair of THESE that I cache in. Light enough to wear in the heat and tough enough for the thorns.

"Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson

Eamus Catuli AC145895

4.8k · August 19, 2003

I wear shorts when it is warm and get my legs all scratched up. Doesn't really bother me. The only time shorts really was a problem was when I needed to go through about 200 feet of nettles to get to the cache. Needless to say, I didn't attempt it. I want some convertable pants, but short women are out of luck on those!

August 19, 2003

Shorts! Kind of a point of pride with me (isn't that stupid?). Thrashing through the brush, somebody always seems to ask about it. I just find them more comfortable. Also, I tend to notice ticks before they have a chance to attach themselves. They're more likely to go undetected under pants.

August 19, 2003

My last cache hunting adventure was here...

It was also 102 degrees so we definitely wore shorts. I couldn't imagine jeans or pants.

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2.6k · August 19, 2003

I always wear shorts. Then whine about my bleeding legs in my logs.

POWDER!!!!!!

August 19, 2003

What? No option for Liederhosen?

--RuffRidr

August 19, 2003

What if my legs are super-ugly? I suppose Liederhosen would be an option, or even English riding pants and a Pith helmet.

August 19, 2003

What about skirts?

What about kilts?

(Makes those tick checks all the more interesting!)

Randy

August 19, 2003

Depends on the season, and where the cache is. My basic rule of thumb is that if I'm hiking, and taking a pack, I wear one of my pair of pants with zip off legs. I generally wear them as shorts, but zip the legs on when needed.

1.1k · August 19, 2003

Dickies Work Pants. Tough enough for thorns (and barbed wire!...see link), light enough for hot weather caching. Under $20 at Wal-Mart.

See http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=44080&log=y&decrypt= - June 10 log, for further testamonial.

-Dave R. in Biloxi

August 19, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by RJFerret:

What about kilts?

Yep. Kilts.

Ron (check the title) yumitori

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2.3k · August 19, 2003

Of course the NUDE CACHER prefers nothing. Yikes!

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2.6k · August 19, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by mckee:
a Pith helmet.

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Don't laugh I have been trying to get up enough nerve to wear the one I bought almost 2 yrs ago, I know it would be cooler the the straw life guard hat I wear on occasion

All who look are not lost

August 19, 2003

I've been using those light weight, synthetic fiber convertable pants like Columbia sells. You know, the ones where the lower legs zip off. I like to have long pants when out in the woods because local caches tend to be around heavy patches of poison ivy. The pants are light enough that having my legs covered doesn't heat me up real bad compared to shorts. Better protection from the skeeters as well.

That Quack Cacher:

Lone Duck

When you don't know where you're going, every road will take you there.

1.6k · August 19, 2003

I usually wear a dress, you forgot that choice.

1.2k · August 19, 2003

Sorry, pants, always.

Preference: Three color desert camo BDU pants with a light colored t-shirt, hiking boots, high socks, and my walking stick (hopefully to be replaced with one of Diablos walking sticks).

"Trade up, trade even, or don't trade!!!" My philosophy of life.

2.7k · August 19, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by mckee:
Which do you prefer while geocaching? I don't want to get my legs scratched, but at the same time I don't want to get too warm. What am I to do?

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I just tough out the scratches...strictly a shorts wearer much of the year except late fall/winter/early spring. I do have pair of rainpaints that I will slip on for really brushy cache hunts or for off trail excursions.

August 19, 2003

All depends on where you are going. If it suspected to be lots of poison ivy or thorny vines well pants. I only wear shorts and just keep my eyes open for the nasty's!

August 19, 2003

I've only been caching this summer, but I always wear shorts everyday to work, caching or anything else. I wish I could wear them to church...lol. We have tons of poison oak and ivey and skeeters and ticks. I've yet to get a rash, and the deet helps with the bugs.

A little off topic here but I've been wondering if anyone knows if snake bite are usually below the ankle or above. I wear hiking boots that cover my ankle and with all the copperheads and water moccasins we have I was wondering if it was enough.

Thanks!

"WITHOUT GEOGRAPHY YOU'RE NOWHERE....Jimmy Buffett

August 19, 2003

I think that snakes usually strike higher than a boot top. Water moccasins are the ones that make me nervous because I have seen them act very aggressive in the water. The snakes on land will leave, given the chance.

That Quack Cacher:

Lone Duck

When you don't know where you're going, every road will take you there.

8.4k · August 19, 2003

Ummmm, PANTS!

Sngans

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1.4k · August 19, 2003

I wear shorts year round so my answer is shorts. C2 wears pants.

When in doubt...hit it with a big hammer.

3.8k · August 20, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by Lone Duck:
I think that snakes usually strike higher than a boot top. Water moccasins are the ones that make me nervous because I have seen them act very aggressive in the water. The snakes on land will leave, given the chance.

_That Quack Cacher:_

_Lone Duck_

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WARNING: off topic

I've had water moccasins actually chase me while canoeing!

==============="If it feels good...do it"================

**(the other 9 out of 10 voices in my head say: "Don't do it.")**

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August 20, 2003

"Did I mention--Sam wore shorts"

Can he apply for a geocaching purple heart?

"I cache; therefore I am"

1.4k · August 20, 2003

nuff said

---Real men cache in shorts.

August 20, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by Breaktrack:
Sorry, pants, always.

Preference: Three color desert camo BDU pants with a light colored t-shirt, hiking boots, high socks, and my walking stick (hopefully to be replaced with one of Diablos walking sticks).

BDU's are the most comfy pants ever. Unfortunately the black and navy ones can be hard to find, and the ones that don't pill up in the laundry shrink too much to get a year's use out of them.

August 20, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by Wanderingson and Compass Rose:
"Did I mention--Sam wore shorts"

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Can he apply for a geocaching purple heart?

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August 20, 2003

The last time we went I wore pants b/c at the particular cache we were looking for everyone mentioned a lot of poison ivy...so I wore pants. But...chiggers got all over my legs...it was awful, I don't know how they got under my socks, up my legs everywhere that was covered! Anyway, as hot as it is in Houston I prefer pants.

August 20, 2003

In Portland, if I remember correctly, proper attire is anything black. Black shirt. Black pants/shorts. Black boots.

It also helps to have tatoos and something other than an ear pierced.

Hope that helps you...

Oh. I wore shorts on all my Portland caching adventures.

August 20, 2003

I typically wear jeans when I cache, even if it is hot. Mainly to keep the bugs off. Yesterday I grabbed a long multi cache along a local bike path. I figured that since it's all paved I'd wear shorts and have no problems. On the final stage before the actual cache I found that I had a tick stuck in my shin. Figures the one time I wear shorts I end up with a tick bite.

Mr. 0

"Remember that nature and the elements are neither your friend or your enemy - they are actually disinterested."

Department of the Army Field Manual FM 21-76 "Survival" Oct. 1970

August 20, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by bitbrain:
In Portland, if I remember correctly, proper attire is anything black. Black shirt. Black pants/shorts. Black boots.

It also helps to have tatoos and something other than an ear pierced.

Hope that helps you...

Oh. I wore shorts on all my Portland caching adventures.

You forgot the coffee cup.

Ironically I wear tank tops most of the time, and all but a couple are black.

In Eugene you're only allowed to cache in tye-dye.

1k · August 20, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by mckee:
...BDU's are the most comfy pants ever. Unfortunately the black and navy ones can be hard to find...

I also prefer BDU's (treated with permethrin during warm weather). The large cargo pockets keep a lot of stuff handy while on the go that I would otherwise have to stop dig out of my backpack.

You can buy most colors, including blue and black, here. The price is also better than I've seen anywhere else.

worldtraveler

1k · August 20, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by Chris&Cindy:
I wear shorts year round so my answer is shorts.

If I could wear shorts to work, I would. I wear short caching.

Webfoot

Yeah, sure....but did he use a GPSr to find it?

August 20, 2003

I wear an old pair of army bdu's,even in the hot 90 degree weather with 90% humidity with t-shirt. Occassionally I will put on bdu coat also if evening in the cold low 70's.

I bought a GPS. Now I get lost with style.

August 20, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by worldtraveler:
You can buy most colors, including blue and black, http://www.shopalert.us/shop/scan/se=Pants/sf=Category/va=dept=clothing/sp=myparam/rf=%2A/st=text/ml=999/mp=sort1.html. The price is also better than I've seen anywhere else.

worldtraveler

Excellent! You rock!

August 21, 2003

Always shorts ... even for GC5.

2.7k · August 21, 2003

Pants all the time, you never know what kind of things you could run into when in the bush.

I still prefer Tiger Stripes when in the woods.

Tahosa - Dweller of Mountain Tops.

August 21, 2003

I always like The Shorts

August 21, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by Tahosa:

I still prefer Tiger Stripes when in the woods.

Or Tiger Woods in stripes?

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2.3k · August 21, 2003

Shorts, but I keep an old pair of sweatpants in my geopack for bushwacking. Free your mind and the rest will follow

August 21, 2003

Ye got to be kiddin'! This is a topic?

August 21, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by The Gingerbread Man:
Ye got to be kiddin'! This is a topic?

Why, no, no it isn't.

We only talk about angst-ridden stuff around here, with nary a silly, relaxing thread in sight...

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August 21, 2003

given that most of my caching lately has been by bicycle, I find shorts to be a necessity. Riding 8-10 miles in hot weather in long pants could be a killer. The bugs are merely an annoyance.

I do wear lightweight hiking boots and sweat socks, which is enough for me to manage to work my way through most vegetation with only minor scratches. I've even managed to work my way into a bramble patch after a cache.

1.2k · August 21, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by worldtraveler:

quote:
Originally posted by mckee:
...BDU's are the most comfy pants ever. Unfortunately the black and navy ones can be hard to find...

I also prefer BDU's (treated with permethrin during warm weather). The large cargo pockets keep a lot of stuff handy while on the go that I would otherwise have to stop dig out of my backpack.

You can buy most colors, including blue and black, http://www.shopalert.us/shop/scan/se=Pants/sf=Category/va=dept=clothing/sp=myparam/rf=%2A/st=text/ml=999/mp=sort1.html. The price is also better than I've seen anywhere else.

worldtraveler

Luckily, being retired Army, I can just head to my nearest base and hit Clothing Sales for the real deal, at about the same price as what is quoted at that site you put up. If I don't want to drive to Fort Hood or Fort Polk, I can order through the PX catalog and get them shipped to me. It's a great system...LOL. I've worn just about all of the different types and colors of BDU pants and I've found the best for hot weather is the three color desert. I use the others for colder weather (woodland, black, grey, etc.).

"Trade up, trade even, or don't trade!!!" My philosophy of life.

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